Busted is an British pop-rock, pop-punk band composed of Charlie Simpson, James Bourne and Matt Wills, formed in 2000. Inspired by Green Day, Blink-182 and BBMak, Busted have sold over 5 million albums worldwide.

The band had four UK number-one singles, released two studio albums, Busted (2002) and A Present for Everyone (2003), one compilation album and one live album before breaking up in January 2005 following Simpson’s decision to pursue a career fronting post-hardcore band Fightstar. They also won two Brit Awards and The Record of the Year in 2004 with their single “Thunderbirds”, amongst other awards.

During their break-up, each member pursued solo careers: Charlie Simpson worked with the previously mentioned Fightstar, Matt Willis released his album Don’t Let It Go to Waste in 2006 and worked in TV, and James Bourne formed Son of Dork and worked under the name Future Boy in a solo electronic project.

In 2013, after appearing as guests in McFly’s 10-year anniversary concerts, James and Matt, along with McFly, formed supergroup McBusted, releasing a self-titled album and touring. During this period, James and Matt got in contact with Charlie to let him know of McBusted, and discussed the possibility of making music together again.

On 3 May 2016, Busted released their first new song in 12 years, “Coming Home”, as a free download, followed by their third album Night Driver later that year.

Fourth album Half Way There (named after the “seventh album” reference in “Year 3000”) was released in 2019.